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Blood pressure measuring apparatus enabling accurate blood pressure measurement

a technology of blood pressure measurement and measuring apparatus, which is applied in the field of blood pressure measuring apparatus, can solve the problems of deteriorating the measurement accuracy of blood pressure, affecting the measurement accuracy of subjects, so as to prevent the uplift of the measurement area and improve the measurement accuracy. the effect of the measurement accuracy

Inactive Publication Date: 2010-08-24
OMRON HEALTHCARE CO LTD
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[0023]The blood pressure measuring apparatus according the present invention includes measuring fluid bladder compressing means for compressing the measuring fluid bladder corresponding to the cuff to press the measuring fluid bladder against the measurement region, the measuring fluid bladder compressing means having a plurality of compression behaviors, and the measuring fluid bladder compressing means compresses the measuring fluid bladder with different compression behaviors in the direction orthogonal to and / or parallel to the artery of the measurement region. Therefore, the unstable measurement attitude caused by the uplift of the measurement region can be prevented in compressing the measuring fluid bladder. The measuring fluid bladder can properly be fixed according to the shape of the measurement region such as the tapered shape. The measuring fluid bladder to which the fluid is supplied can properly be compressed over the necessary range, and the artery can properly be pressed. Accordingly, the measurement accuracy can be enhanced.

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In the blood pressure measuring apparatus having the above-described configuration, when the cuff is not properly wound, a lack of compression of the blood pressure measuring fluid bladder or an unstable measurement attitude cause a noise in a cuff pressure.
This leads to deteriorate measurement accuracy of the blood pressure.
In the case where the blood pressure is measured in pressurizing the blood pressure measuring fluid bladder, a change in measurement attitude of a subject possibly deteriorates the measurement accuracy.

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[0043]Referring to FIG. 2, in measuring the blood pressure, an upper arm 100 is inserted into housing 6 to place an elbow on the elbow holder, and an instruction is made to start measurement. Upper arm 100 is compressed and fixed by the living body compressing and fixing apparatus to measure the blood pressure.

[0044]The living body compressing and fixing apparatus includes a measuring air bladder 13, a curler 10 (see FIG. 3), and a compressing and fixing air bladder 8. Measuring air bladder 13 corresponding to the cuff is a measuring fluid bladder compresses the measurement region to measure the blood pressure. Curler 10 is the substantially cylindrical flexible member located outside measuring air bladder 13, and curler 10 can radially be expanded and compressed. Compressing and fixing air bladder 8 functioning as the measuring fluid bladder compressing means located outside curler 10, inflation of compressing and fixing air bladder 8 presses an outer circumferential surface of cur...

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[0064]Referring to FIG. 7, similarly to blood-pressure meter 1 according to the first embodiment, in blood-pressure meter 1 according to a second embodiment, an upper arm 100 is inserted into housing 6 to place the elbow on the elbow holder, and the instruction of the measurement start is provided. Upper arm 100 is compressed and fixed by the living body compressing and fixing apparatus to measure the blood pressure.

[0065]In blood-pressure meter 1 according to the second embodiment, compressing and fixing air bladder 8 includes a plurality of compressing and fixing air bladders arranged in the length direction of the upper arm parallel to the artery of the upper arm, and the compressing and fixing air bladders exert different compression behaviors by separately controlling the supply / discharge of air. At this point, specifically it is assumed that compressing and fixing air bladder 8 includes two compressing and fixing air bladders 8A and 8B. When the upper arm is inserted into hous...

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[0072]Compressing and fixing air bladder 8 may include a plurality of compressing and fixing air bladders formed by a combination of the configuration of compressing and fixing air bladder 8 according to the first embodiment and the configuration of compressing and fixing air bladder 8 according to the second embodiment. The plurality of compressing and fixing air bladders exert the different compression behaviors by separately controlling the supply / discharge of the air, and the plurality of compressing and fixing air bladders are disposed in the direction orthogonal and / or parallel to the artery of the upper arm. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 8, compressing and fixing air bladder 8 may be formed by compressing and fixing air bladders 8A and 8B arranged in the length direction of the upper arm and compressing and fixing air bladder 8C disposed in the circumferential direction of the upper arm.

[0073]In blood-pressure meter 1 according to ...

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Abstract

A blood pressure measuring apparatus includes a plurality of mechanisms compressing a cuff, and the mechanisms are separately controlled. Therefore, a stable measurement attitude is maintained irrespective of a circumference or a shape of an upper arm. Compression degrees are separately controlled, whereby a pressure can evenly be applied to the cuff to improve a compression force acting on an artery.

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REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is a national stage application under 35 USC 371 of International Application No. PCT / JP2006 / 320699, filed Oct. 18, 2006, which claims the benefit of Japanese Application No. 2005-346344, filed Nov. 30, 2005, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.TECHNICAL FIELD[0002]The present invention relates to a blood pressure measuring apparatus, and particularly to a blood pressure measuring apparatus for measuring a blood pressure with a blood pressure measuring fluid bladder attached to a measurement region.TECHNICAL FIELD[0003]Conventionally there is a blood pressure measuring apparatus, wherein a cuff including a blood pressure measuring air bladder functioning as the blood pressure measuring fluid bladder is wound around and fixed to a part (for example, an upper arm) of a living body serving as the measurement region, and an internal pressure of the part of the living body by pressurizing and depressurizing th...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A61B5/02
CPCA61B5/02141A61B5/02233A61B5/0225A61B5/022A61B5/02
Inventor YAMASHITA, SHINGOTAKAHASHI, AKIHISASANO, YOSHIHIKO
Owner OMRON HEALTHCARE CO LTD
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